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Extortion claim and a separate issue of domestic violence. >> reporter: shortly after the tapes went viral, gibson was dropped from his talent agency william morris endeavor, and what was likely to be billed as a comeback cameo proved yet another setback when gibson was cut from the cast of "the hangover 2". >> the cast got together and said, we don't want to work with him. >> reporter: paul is a leading movie industry analyst. what will it take for him to make a comeback and be the mel gibson of old that everybody loved and adored? >> i don't think he can ever be the mel gibson of old, but i ...

>> and then you have a separate issue, a criminal issue, of an extortion claim and a separate issue of domestic violence. >> reporter: shortly after the tapes went viral, gibson was dropped from his talent agency william morris endeavor and what was likely to be billed as a comeback cameo proved yet another setback when gibson was cut from the cast of "the hangover 2". >> the cast got together and said, we don't want to work with him. >> reporter: paul is a leading movie industry analyst. what will it take for him to make a comeback and be the mel gibson of old that everybody loved and adored?...

most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: -- to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would take a turn for the worse on this highway. caught driving drunk, he mouthed off to police. now upstaged by his profanity-laced telephone rant. >> you like a [ bleep ] on heat and if you get raped by a pa...

superstar. >> mel gibson! >> he got out of the gate fast. i mean, you have a good looking guy who could act. >> an actor and academy award winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, infuriating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad aat me. >> reporter: to "maverick," "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, bud y ...

winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, fascinating, infewerating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: "to maverick." >> do you really want to jump? >> reporter: "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would ta...